The trainer I follow on YouTube ends every session by telling her viewers to prioritize water, rest and protein. Today\u2019s barrage of \u201cmore protein\u201d messaging can make eating more of the macronutrient feel like gospel.<\/p>\n
Yet the average couch potato may be better off eating less protein, not more, according to a review of more than 350 papers appearing July 31 in Cell Press Blue<\/em>.<\/p>\n People generally assume that getting too much fat or carbohydrates is bad for health. But with protein, the general thinking is too much doesn\u2019t matter. That may not be true, says aging biologist Dudley Lamming of the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison.<\/p>\n